The Portland daily press., 1887-03-11
erel was included in section:17, chapter 40,
which reads as follows:

| shad noroias. or menhaden, and the fishing fherss
for by the use Of purse and drag seines, is prohb
| where any entrance to the same, or part thereof
from land TO land is not more than three nautical
person 81 IN Charge Of ssnes or upon 6e
| owners of any vessels or seines employed in such
unlawful fishing of not less than $500, nor more
than $500, etc.
This including of the word ''mackerel, has
caused great trouble to the fishermen, and
has resulted in the seizure of several
sch0oners, notably one belonging to Mr..
Dyer of Portland, in Old Orchard bay last
t,. The gentlemen hsss dsy
suffer unless the word "mackerel'' was
struck out; Judge Goddard came to explain
the odd circumstances under which the word
was included. So bill to strike the word
out was presented in the House to-day, and
under a suspension of the rules passed to be
engrossed
The committee on agriculture have decided
not to report again the bill providing for
tax on dogs. They say that there have been
SIS many remonstrances against the bill come
| In in the last of the session as there were
| petitions for it at the first OF the session.
| The bill to provide for the more perfect
assessment of taxes, which was advocated
by Judge Savage Of Auburn, has been re-
ported unfavorably by the Judiciary COM
mittee.
Capital punishment will be debated in the
House tomorrow.
On tho Bar Harbor water question siena-
tor Sargent.sIwho was paired with Senator
Norcross, would have voted "Yes" on the
proposition to refer the new charter to the
next next legislature. He was reported as paired
tue otner way yesterday.
The iudiaforxr 20
cede State lands at Crabtree Ledge and Luz
bee Narrows to the United States for light
house purposes
The resolve in favor Of the State Normal
Schools has been passed to be engrossed in
Doth houses as reported by the committee.
The House today indefinitely postponed
the bill to charter the marriage benefit asso-
citation. Representative Bradley did the
principle involved.
There are to be no speeches in the House
longer than ten minutes hereafter.
Inc Dill relating to the use Of the Cumber-
land and Oxford Canal towpath for a rail-
road track passed to be engrossed to-day
uay with the amendment that the proposed
road shall Eot cross the Portland and Og-
oensDurg road at grade.
In the Senate, this morning, when the bill
establishing the salary Of the Biddeford po-
lice judge at S1400, and that of the Saco
Judge at $1,000 came up, Mr.. Weymouth
trleu 10 nave 1t amended so that after the
county mas taken fees enough to amount to
tnese salaries, the rest Of the fees shall be
turned over to the cities to pay for rent of
court room, etc. Mr.. Weymouth did notsuc-
ceed however.
An excellent crayon portrait of Speaker
Littlefeld, done by J.FGerrity& Co., of Ban
gor,is hung in the rotunda of the State House.
oide Oh It Is another, of Major Dickey, which |
pleases the veteran legislator greatly.
A bill giving Reuben T. Cramer the sole |
right to propagate Holsters in Carver's Pond, |
vlnalhaven, is passing through the legisla- |
ture.
Representative E. B. Mallett of Freeport,
has been excused from further attendance ON |
TINS legislature on account Of continued ill |
ness.
A bill has been reported to restore the SAL |
ary OF the county attorney Of Sagadahoe |
county to $3.50.
The judiciary committee have reported |
fayorably with few slight changes, the |
Dill establishing local boards of health.
Senator Libbey is haying lpassed bill to
wind up the affairs of the Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station as supported by the State
OF Maine, preparatory to turning the insti-
tution over TO be supported by the United |
States under the recent act of Congress- The |
Libbey bill makes the station a part of the
State College, which it was not before.
The bill relating to opening and closing
tho polls on State election days 10 amended
to specify a. m. as the hour of opening and |
D p. M the hour of closing This does not |
apply to cities.
The bill to give concurrent jurisdiction to
trial justices in the city of Belfast was de-
feated in the House this afternoon after
very lively discussion participated in by
Messrs. Looney, Wilson, Allen, Wright and
Littlefield Of Prospect.
The old heads say the Legislature will ad-
journ by Thursday or Friday of next week.
The Senate discusses the labor bill again
tomorrow.
The judiciary committee have cleaned
their docket Of all but two measures.
The bill relating to the appointment of
Deputy Marshals in the city of Portland has
passed to be engrossed under suspension of /
the rules.